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Wind and solar may be currently leading the way in Australia’s renewable energy race, but there’s another contender lurking in the nation’s oceans.

Newcastle Council wants to build a 5MW solar farm as part of the coal port city's plans to source 30 per cent of its electricity needs from renewables by 2020.

The Kigali Amendment on hydrofluorocarbons tacitly recognises that the hippies were right all along, but lamentably none of the current players have been gracious enough to say so.

Federal resources minister Matt Canavan hoorays Adani job search for coal mine, although it it also looking for someone to further its solar plans.

Tesla and Panasonic have entered into a non-binding letter of intent under which they will begin collaborating on the manufacturing and production of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in Buffalo, New York.

An Australian is to take charge of the troubled $100 billion Green Climate Fund, in a move that indicates Australia is not completely out of touch on climate change and renewable energy. But is it developing one language on climate for the international stage, and another for the toxic and partisan domestic market?

Big week for NEM as Hazelwood decision looms. Meanwhile, electricity prices in NSW jump as coal generator goes off-line.

Tritium has announced it will showcase three new chargers on its stand (A5-309) at eCarTec in Munich (18-20 October).

For the first time, the public will be able to explore beneath the sails of the world’s most famous house to find out how this pioneering green building is making itself more environmentally friendly.

World Energy Council gives out clear message on move away from fossil fuels, but the fossil fuel industry wasn't listening.

Unpacking the unruly exchange between Elon Musk and the head of a struggling US coal company.

Tracey Lines has joined the CEFC to help accelerate the development of clean energy investment opportunities in north Queensland.

Neighbours building power stations together, renters having access to clean energy and families taking control of their electricity supply is the future of Australia’s power industry.

The first of the massive – biggest in Australia – wind turbine blades arrive for NSW 175MW White Rock wind farm.

ACT Labor government returned, possibly with help of Greens, leaving no doubt about future of 100% renewable energy target.

It was disappointing some politicians used a natural disaster to play cheap political games and blame renewable energy for a blackout caused by freak weather.

South Australia's energy minister has slammed Coalition's proposed reboot of Northern coal-power plant as “uninformed and baffling.”

Households are moving away from gas for use for heating and other purposes. Maybe industry should too.

Amid the toxic politics about climate and clean energy in Canberra, Simon Corbell has engineered a plan to take the ACT to 100% renewable energy within four years, laying down a blueprint and a vision that will be followed by other states, if not the federal government.

Electric vehicles might remain a fraction of the global car stock, but the industry is growing about 10 times faster than the traditional ICE market.